# China national under-23 football team

The China national under-23 football team, also known as the China Olympic team (国奥队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA). It combines two teams: China U-23 national team and China U-21 selection team.

## Competition history

* DNE = Did not enter; DNQ = Did not qualify; QBW = Qualified but withdrew.
* Pos = Position; P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against.
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

### Olympic Games record

* For 1900 to 1988, see China national football team.
| Year | Result | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| 1992 to 2004 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2008 | Group stage | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 to 2024 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total* | - | - | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
* Including 1900 to 1988

### Asian Games record

* For 1951 to 1998, see China national football team.
| Year | Result | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| 2002 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 2006 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 2010 | Round of 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | Round of 16 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | Round of 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 2026 | TBD | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total* | - | - | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 25 |
* Including 1951 to 1998
Asian Games History :
| Year | Round | Score | Result |
| 2002 | Round 1 | China 4–0 Turkmenistan | Win |
| 2002 | Round 1 | China 3–0 Bangladesh | Win |
| 2002 | Round 1 | China 2–0 India | Win |
| 2002 | Quarterfinals | China 0–1 Japan | Loss |
| 2006 | Round 1 | China 1–0 Iraq | Win |
| 2006 | Round 1 | China 3–1 Malaysia | Win |
| 2006 | Round 1 | China 2–1 Oman | Win |
| 2006 | Quarterfinals | China 2–2 (7–8, penalties) Iran | Draw |
| 2010 | Round 1 | China 0–3 Japan | Loss |
| 2010 | Round 1 | China 2–1 Kyrgyzstan | Win |
| 2010 | Round 1 | China 3–0 Malaysia | Win |
| 2010 | Round of 16 | China 0–3 South Korea | Loss |
| 2014 | Round 1 | China 0–3 North Korea | Loss |
| 2014 | Round 1 | China 1–0 Pakistan | Win |
| 2014 | Round of 16 | China 0–2 Thailand | Loss |
| 2018 | Round 1 | China 6–0 Timor-Leste | Win |
| 2018 | Round 1 | China 3–0 Syria | Win |
| 2018 | Round 1 | China 2–1 United Arab Emirates | Win |
| 2018 | Round of 16 | China 3–4 Saudi Arabia | Loss |
| 2022 | Round 1 | China 5–1 India | Win |
| 2022 | Round 1 | China 4–0 Myanmar | Win |
| 2022 | Round 1 | China 0–0 Bangladesh | Draw |
| 2022 | Round of 16 | China 1–0 Qatar | Win |
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | China 0–2 South Korea | Loss |

### East Asian Games record

| Year | Result | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| 1993 | Third place | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
| 1997 | Third place | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 |
| 2001 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2005 | Champions | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
| 2009 | Group stage | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | Fifth place | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | - | - | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 26 |

### AFC U-23 Championship record

* Olympic Games Qualification
| Year | Pos | Final Stage | Final Stage | Final Stage | Final Stage | Final Stage | Final Stage | Preliminary Stage | Preliminary Stage | Preliminary Stage | Preliminary Stage | Preliminary Stage | Preliminary Stage |
| Year | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| 2013 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| 2016 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2018 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 2022 | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn |
| 2024 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | Best result: Group stage | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 6 |

## Recent results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Lose

### 2025
#### Under-22 national team
## Olympic Games fixtures
### 2008 Olympic Games

* Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
All times local (GMT+8)

## Players
### China U-23 current squad

The following players were called up for the training camp from 5 March 2025 to 26 March 2025.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Yu Jinyong | (2004-07-06)6 July 2004 (aged 20) | Shandong Taishan |
| 1GK | Huo Shenping | (2003-11-26)26 November 2003 (aged 21) | Zhejiang FC |
| 1GK | Li Hao | (2004-03-06)6 March 2004 (aged 20) | Qingdao West Coast |
| 2DF | Umidjan Yusup | (2004-02-28)28 February 2004 (aged 21) | Shanghai Port |
| 2DF | He Yiran | (2005-02-27)27 February 2005 (aged 20) | Changchun Yatai |
| 2DF | Zhang Yixuan | (2004-08-18)18 August 2004 (aged 20) | Qingdao Red Lions |
| 2DF | Bao Shimeng | (2003-07-02)2 July 2003 (aged 21) | Suzhou Dongwu |
| 2DF | Peng Xiao | (2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 19) | Shandong Taishan |
| 2DF | Chen Zhexuan | (2003-09-24)24 September 2003 (aged 21) | Shijiazhuang Gongfu |
| 2DF | Alex Yang | (2005-06-13)13 June 2005 (aged 19) | Qingdao West Coast |
| 2DF | Xiang Rongjun | (2004-03-31)31 March 2004 (aged 20) | Qingdao West Coast |
| 2DF | Wang Yifan | (2005-01-11)11 January 2005 (aged 20) | Suzhou Dongwu |
| 3MF | Mutellip Iminqari | (2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 20) | Chengdu Rongcheng |
| 3MF | Kuai Jiwen | (2006-02-28)28 February 2006 (aged 19) | Shanghai Port |
| 3MF | Yang Haoyue | (2006-05-25)25 May 2006 (aged 18) | Shanghai Shenhua |
| 3MF | Xiang Yuwang | (2003-12-18)18 December 2003 (aged 21) | Chongqing Tonglianglong |
| 3MF | Wei Zhiwei | (2004-12-21)21 December 2004 (aged 20) | Meizhou Hakka |
| 3MF | Li Zhenquan | (2003-12-16)16 December 2003 (aged 21) | Chongqing Tonglianglong |
| 3MF | Sherzat Nur | (2004-01-01)1 January 2004 (aged 21) | Liaoning Tieren |
| 3MF | Imran Memet | (2005-05-03)3 May 2005 (aged 19) | Shandong Taishan |
| 3MF | Mewlan Mijit | (2004-01-27)27 January 2004 (aged 21) | Shandong Taishan |
| 3MF | Chen Zeshi | (2005-02-21)21 February 2005 (aged 20) | Shandong Taishan |
| 3MF | Bao Shengxin | (2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 21) | Zhejiang FC |
| 4FW | Afrden Asqer | (2003-09-15)15 September 2003 (aged 21) | Shanghai Port |
| 4FW | Liu Xiaolong | (2003-09-09)9 September 2003 (aged 21) | Qingdao West Coast |
| 4FW | Mao Weijie | (2005-05-28)28 May 2005 (aged 19) | Dalian Yingbo |

### Overage players in Olympic Games

| Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| 2008 | Li Weifeng (DF) | Zheng Zhi (MF) | Han Peng (FW) |

## China U-23 captains

| Period | Captain | Vice Captain | Third Captain |
| 1990–1992 | Fan Zhiyi | Xu Hong | — |
| 1993–1994 | Zhang Enhua | Yang Chen | — |
| 1995–1996 | Shen Si | Zhang Enhua | – |
| 1998–1999 | Li Weifeng | Zhang Ran | — |
| 2001–2004 | Du Wei | Hu Zhaojun | — |
| 2006 | Chen Tao | — | — |
| 2006 Asian Games | Zheng Zhi | — | — |
| 2007 | Chen Tao | Feng Xiaoting | Zhou Haibin |
| 2007–2008 | Li Weifeng | Zhou Haibin | — |
| 2008 Olympic Games | Zheng Zhi | Li Weifeng | Zhou Haibin |
| 2009–2010 | Zhang Linpeng | Wu Xi | Piao Cheng |
| 2010 Asian Games | Wang Dalei | Zhang Linpeng | Wu Xi |
| 2011 | Wang Dalei | Zhang Linpeng | Wu Xi |
| 2012 | Jin Jingdao | — | — |
| 2013–2014 | Shi Ke | Wang Tong | — |
| 2014 Asian Games | Shi Ke | Li Ang | — |
| 2015 | Wang Tong | Shi Ke | — |
| 2016 | Chen Zhechao | Cheng Jin | — |
| 2017–2018 | He Chao | Gao Zhunyi | — |
| 2019-2020 | Huang Zhengyu | — |
| 2023 | Tao Qianglong | — |
| 2024- | Afrden Asqer | — |

## Coaching staffs
### China U-23 coaching staff

| Position | Name | Nationality |
| Head Coach | Antonio Puche | Spain |
| Assistant Coach | Pepe de La Sagra | Spain |
| Assistant Coach | David Campillo Quirante | Spain |
| Assistant Coach | Huang Bowen | China |
| Trainer | Yu Dabao | China |
| Goalkeeper coach | Tomo Gluic | Croatia |
| Fitness coach | Nacho Bondia | Spain |

### List of head coaches

Manage records only includes international results.
* From 1981–1983 as "China Expectful team", 1983–1990 as "China B team".
| Name | Period | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % |
| Zhang Shixun | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Zhang Jingtian | 1982–1984 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 46.15% |
| Zhang Honggen | 1985 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 80.00% |
| Xu Genbao | 1987–1990 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 33.33% |
* as China National Olympic team.
| Name | Period | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % |
| Xu Genbao | May 1990 – Jan 1992 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 78 | 14 | 71.43% |
| Qi Wusheng | Mar 1993 – Sep 1993 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 37.50% |
| Radivoje Ognjanović | Sep 1993 – Nov 1994 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| Qi Wusheng | Nov 1994 – Mar 1996 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 58.82% |
| Bobby Houghton | Oct 1998 – Nov 1999 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 11 | 71.43% |
| Shen Xiangfu | Dec 2001 – May 2004 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 56 | 38 | 45.71% |
| Jia Xiuquan | Apr 2006 – Oct 2006 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14.23% |
| Ratomir Dujković | Nov 2006 – Jul 2008 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 42.31% |
| Yin Tiesheng | Jul 2008 – Aug 2008 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 20.00% |
| Miroslav Blažević | Nov 2010 – Aug 2011 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 50.00% |
| Fu Bo | Mar 2012 – Jan 2016 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 25 | | | 33.93% |
| Chen Yang | Sep 2016 – Feb 2017 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | 44.44% |
| Massimiliano Maddaloni | Mar 2017 – Sep 2019 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | | | 45% |
| Aleksandar Janković | Feb 2021 – Mar 2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | 50% |
| Cheng Yaodong | Mar 2023 – May 2024 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | 44.45% |
| Antonio Puche | Aug 2024 – Present | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | | 50% |